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ee.Geometry.LineString.projection

AI-generated Key Takeaways

The projection() method returns the projection of a geometry.
This method is applicable to LineString geometries and returns a Projection object.

Returns the projection of the geometry.

Usage	Returns
`LineString. projection ()`	Projection

Argument	Type	Details
this: `geometry`	Geometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 // Define a LineString object. 
 var 
  
 lineString 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Geometry 
 . 
 LineString 
 ([[ 
 - 
 122.09 
 , 
  
 37.42 
 ], 
  
 [ 
 - 
 122.08 
 , 
  
 37.43 
 ]]); 
 // Apply the projection method to the LineString object. 
 var 
  
 lineStringProjection 
  
 = 
  
 lineString 
 . 
 projection 
 (); 
 // Print the result to the console. 
 print 
 ( 
 'lineString.projection(...) =' 
 , 
  
 lineStringProjection 
 ); 
 // Display relevant geometries on the map. 
 Map 
 . 
 setCenter 
 ( 
 - 
 122.085 
 , 
  
 37.422 
 , 
  
 15 
 ); 
 Map 
 . 
 addLayer 
 ( 
 lineString 
 , 
  
 { 
 'color' 
 : 
  
 'black' 
 }, 
  
 'Geometry [black]: lineString' 
 );

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

 import 
  
 ee 
 import 
  
 geemap.core 
  
 as 
  
 geemap

Colab (Python)

 # Define a LineString object. 
 linestring 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 Geometry 
 . 
 LineString 
 ([[ 
 - 
 122.09 
 , 
 37.42 
 ], 
 [ 
 - 
 122.08 
 , 
 37.43 
 ]]) 
 # Apply the projection method to the LineString object. 
 linestring_projection 
 = 
 linestring 
 . 
 projection 
 () 
 # Print the result. 
 display 
 ( 
 'linestring.projection(...) =' 
 , 
 linestring_projection 
 ) 
 # Display relevant geometries on the map. 
 m 
 = 
 geemap 
 . 
 Map 
 () 
 m 
 . 
 set_center 
 ( 
 - 
 122.085 
 , 
 37.422 
 , 
 15 
 ) 
 m 
 . 
 add_layer 
 ( 
 linestring 
 , 
 { 
 'color' 
 : 
 'black' 
 }, 
 'Geometry [black]: linestring' 
 ) 
 m

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Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.Geometry.LineString.projection